THE EVENING MAIL. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 325, 9 May 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1877.

" Words are things, and a drop of ink falling upon thought may produce that which makes thousand think."

The usual weekly quadrille assembly takes place to-mori ow evening in the Volunteer Hall. The bye-law 3 relating to the keeping of swine, licensed vehicles, and licensed theatres, as finally adopted by the Municipal Council, are published in another column. There was no sitting of the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. • We would again remind our readers that the concert under the aus; ices of the Star of Hope Lodge, 1.0. G.T., takes place this evening, in the Tees-street Hall. A New Zealand Gazette received by us to day contains a large number of rules and regulations for the conduct of traffic on the railways, and for the guidance of employees ; in the Railway Department. Nearly 1000 pocket-books were stolen ; during the progress of the recent revival at Chicago. A savage wretch named Millenden has been charged at Milton with having bitten a child in a railway carriage on Saturday, and with being drunk in a railway carriage and creating a disturbance. For the first offence hj« was fined L2 and cost 3 (165.); for the second offence, LI ; and for the third, L2; making a total of L 5 16s. The fines were paid. The Neii) Zealand Herald says that it is j whispered that in certain influential quarters ] there exists a disposition to throw cold water on the Broomhall special settlement scheme—that is to say, in plain language, that difficulties will not be removed out of the way, and that petty obstacles will be allowed to accumulate till the combined .force causes the abandonment of the enterprise by the projectors,

The total length of completed Njw Zealand is 707 miles, of which 273mffes are in Canterbury. andd&e Him,. WiUiani Fox are«T)<nrt|tOrhave temperance A movement as on sfoot among the pressmen oi hold'sa tinner'in celebration of "the- 400 th anniversary of Caxton.. ~ A baby show has been held at Lower Eangitikei. There were 39 exhibits. The promoter, -who was also a judge, is himself the father of upwards of a score of children. The Home News says of Sir Jnlius Vogel : —"Sir Julius has grave defects of manner, but those defects are only superficial. He is a vigorous man, who has the interest of New Zealand at heart." A match came off on the Forbury Course on Monday between Mr. Goodman's b g Stanley ;nd Mr. H. Gourley's ch g Comet. The match was for £2O a side, and Stanley, after a good race, won the event by about a length. The New Zealand Times states that all the members of the Ministry will assemble in Wellington during the next month, when full Cabinet meetings will be held to further consider the measures to be submitted next session. A telegram from the Dunedin Star's Auckland correspondent says:—"A combination of bakers have agreed to raise the four pound loaf to tenpence. Great indignation is expressed thereat, and the Star opens out its thunder on them, showing that the price is only sevenpence the four pound loaf in Christchurch and Dunedin, and eightpence in Wellington." The Home correspondent of the Daily Times writes:—" The present mail will doubtless carry to New Zealand what may be called Mr. Gladstone's latest kick to the prostrate Turk, in the shape of yet another pamphlet, entitled 'Lessons in Massacre.' It purports to be an ' exposition of the conduct of the Porte in and about Bulgaria since May, 1876,' and it seeks to show from official papers that the Turkish Government is itself to blame for all the atrocities committed. The author's views are summed up in this characteristic sentence near the b3<nnning of the. pamphlet:—' The lesson which the Turkish Government has conveye.l to its M=hi>mmediin suiijscfcs by its conduct since last May in the matter of ths Bulgarian rising, cannot be more pithily or more accurately expressed than iu the three short English words, *' Do it ag dn."' The stats-

mv.it has been made in a leading Liberal newspaper fch.it 'fcheie w.v quite a struggle' letvveeii Mr. Glad tone and his publisher, Mr. Murray, on the subject of the title of die pamphlet. Mr. Gladstone is said to have wis ed for ' a far more exciting title,' and only to have yelded to Mr. 'Murray's eirnest representations to content himself ■with that now made public. Most people would consider that quite exciting enough.' We clip the following from the Daily Times: —Among the first items of war news ■which arrived was one stating that a Russian army was marching on Kalafat, and, subsequently a denial that they had occupied that place or had crossed the Danube. Now it appears that they have occupied Bulgaria, and are gradually advancing into Servia. Had the Russians forced the passage of the Danube near Ismail or Galatz, where so much opposition was shown to them by the Turks, and advanced into that part of Bulgaria bordering the Black Sea and known as the Dobrudscha, the fact would doubtless have been mentioned in the telegram. The news that they are gradually advancing into Servia would appear to indicate that they crossed the Danube somewhere near Kalafat, which is situate in the south-western corner of Wallachia, and only some 40 miles from the boundary of Servia. As Servia has a good many fortified places within its boundary, the Russians are not likely to advance far into it before soma conflict takes place.